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Liberia: Nyenabo Remains Embattled, Senate To Elect Presiding Officer
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The NEWS (Monrovia)
8 August 2008
Posted to the web 8 August 2008
Benjamin B. Sworh
Monrovia
Drafters of a resolution seeking the removal of Senate Pro-Tempore Isaac W. Nyenabo have begun boycotting regular sessions two days following the suspension of the Pro-Temp.
At Thursday's session, 11 out of 30 senators were present while the rest of the senators were said to be convening a meeting to elect their presiding officer to replace Mr. Nyenabo.
It is not clear whether the senators elected a presiding officer during their meeting.
However, due to the lack of quorum, session was adjourned when suspended Pro-Tempore Nyenabo filed a motion.
Recently, 20 senators signed a resolution to remove Senator Nyenabo from his position due to what they called "gross administrative ineptitude and political patronage".
Following hours of closed door session, they resolved to suspend Senator Nyenabo for six months instead of removing him from office.
Mr. Nyenabo who quoted article 33 of the Liberian constitution stated, "in the absence of the President Pro-Tempore or the President of the Senate, the Chairman on Executive presides; but in the case of suspension of the Pro-Tempore, the Secretary of the Senate appoints a presiding officer."
Nyenabo argued that the senate's rules do not have ascendancy clause.
He said the senate's rules did not say whenever the presiding officer is undergoing suspension an election should be held to replace him.
He warned his colleagues to work in line with their rules because, according to him, doing otherwise would question their credibility.
Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson who was part of a separate meeting held by drafters of the resolution that nearly booted Nyenabo out of his position, told reporters Thursday that the discussion was intended to elect a presiding officer to steer the affairs of the senate while Nyenabo is serving his suspension.
Bomi County Senator Richard Divine said they were in session because they constituted a quorum, adding "wherever the senators meet and there is a quorum, it is where session is held."
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He indicated that they remain resolute in removing Mr. Nyenabo as Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate.
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